Incubate

In″cu‐bate (?), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p.Incubated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Incubating (?).] [L. incubatus, p. p. incubare to lie on; pref. in- in, on + cubare to lie down. Cf. Cubit, Incumbent.] To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.